Independent Woman Research Paper

Her clothes accentuate her cleavage or have a sexual shock factor, such as wearing “sequined pasties…[that] coordinate with the rest of her attire”. The vulgar, sexual nature of her raps makes it impossible for her to not receive attention from the media. Another artist, Eve, dresses sexually to accentuate her body and appears in videos with music video models but raps about social issues like domestic violence. By comparing the nature of these artists and their music, Perry tries to show that young girls have very few role models in hip hop that promote positive feminists values and body images. But, she neglects to discuss other feminist artists she mentions in the essay such as Destiny’s Child and Mary J. Blige and how their lyrics and actions in the media allow young black girls to have positive role models that show a woman can be independent, strong, and beautiful in their own way. Perry’s focus on the more sexualized female artists in hip hop and how their shocking appearance and lyrics allow them to be as successful as their male counterparts took away from the development of her argument about conservative artists and their success. By leading the reader to believe that artists are either overly-sexual or conservative, Perry limits how the reader forms an opinion on why or why not young girls’ body image may be threatened by the media and the hip hop

Beyoncé’s image was used by O’Reilly and hooks to convey their points of view. Crawford starts the article with, “Hating Beyoncé unites all Americans,” this points out

When a black woman lowers her life standard, she invites outsiders to pose judgement on the entire group. These unethical behaviors of black women is capitalized off of by mainstream media. Shows such as VH1’s Love and Hip Hop keeps the negative stereotypes of a black woman alive. The black woman who rises above all adversity gains value and respect amongst the

To quote Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, an influential modern feminist, in her song ‘Flawless’ she defines a feminist as “a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes”

For nearly twenty years, Beyoncé has lived her life in the public eye yet she has always kept her cool, been submissive, and rather quiet when it came to her personal endeavors however after releasing the film “Lemonade”, we are able to see her in a vulnerable light. In Jeremy Helliger’s article: “Dear Beyhive: Stop Whining. Beyoncé Still Hasn’t Earned Her Album Of The Year Grammy” he addresses the idea that although Beyoncé was able to encourage black women to be proud and free, she also she missed the mark by adding raunchy, over the top content to her vulnerability.

Two weeks ago, Feminist Frequency launched a crowdfunding campaign for Ordinary Women, our new video series about incredible, defiant women throughout history, and we’re pleased to say that we’re on our way, having raised over $73,000 from more than 1,200 supporters so far. Your generosity and enthusiasm mean everything to us, especially in light of the pushback we get every time we speak up or speak at all.

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March is Women History Month. This year, 2018, is very significant in term of women history of the US. Women's March in 2017 drew about 3 million people from all walks of life in the US but more in the world. This year’s #MeToo movement spark the women from all over the country to come forward and tell their stories. The stories of abuses, the stories of hope and the stories of dreams.

Queen Latifah’s “Ladies First” argues that women are strong in society through her visual and lyrical components of the song. During the beginning of the video, the video displays pictures of influential black females. These women include Harriet Tubman, Angela Davis, and others (0:00 - 0:05). These are strong influential women who impacted history. By showing these women, Latifah shows

For instance, Tory Burch is mentioned in it about her fashion company. Ms. Burch said, “They taught us that with hard work we could achieve anything,” she said of herself and her three brothers. “It was never about gender.” A few other women that are mentioned in this article would be, Julianne Moore, Melinda Gates, Gwyneth Palthrow, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Wintour and Reese Witherspoon. This article’s spotlight is more on feminism. The importance of equality is great. The term ambition shows up in this article, "But the issue of ambition and the way it is used to defame women". Ambition in the article is a term that is holding women back. Ambition, is making them seem nasty when they are just trying to meet their goals like everyone

Society is bizarre in thinking that Kim is not a good role model as her main goal is to teach young women to be proud of

She also references other feminists who share in her opinion, for example, Crystal Eastman. The one resounding question reported to be asked by the women regarding whether their lives have reached the best spots they can depicts unhappiness. She also points outs how the notion of modern femininity has been equated to more purchasing authority in the media, which is dissimilar from what the ancient times women movements advocated for. In the previous century, women movements sought to obtain impartiality and liberty, not to be better buyers of material possessions, but to bear more duties in the world above domestic tasks and personal interests. This very elaborate disengagement of feminism (in the past and in the present America), has led to the ancient times women movements terming the new age ideas as being anti-feministic, in addition to fashioning confusion over what the word happiness actually means. One visibly aired point is that, despite being richer, the modern American woman is distraught (Wood, 2013).

Very rarely, are women portrayed in a way that does not view them as any more than an object. This way of depicting females “constructs black culture as though black women have had no role in black cultural production. ”(hooks) They are simply “honeys Biggie got to creep wit’” or “Hoes [that] ain’t loyal” or “bitches [kanye can] own”. Women in this industry are disrespected and devalued and the most interesting part is that it has become normal to hear lyrics such as those and not react.

I feel like there's a difference between women like Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj and Kim Kardashian. Cyrus and Minaj can be considered feminist icons as they have impacted society in some sort of way. For example, Miley Cyrus launched a charity to help homeless LGBT youth and Nicki Minaj often fights for racial and gender equality (always encourages young females to be independent and to stay in school). However, Kim Kardashian hasn't really done much in terms of using her popularity for good. I mean, yes, she can be nice, but rarely has she encouraged any minority in any way. Her story isn't one to be idolised. It's a shame that she's put in the same spotlight as the other women who may have had a better impact. Although there is no point of

Feminists were once thought to be “hairy, ugly, man-hating, angry women” (Costello, 2014), but as times changed, the idea of who these feminists really are have changed. The connotation of feminism has changed because it was originally considered a dirty word, and something you did not want to be. Today with the help of celebrities, including Beyoncé, feminism is no longer dirty, and a lot of both females and males around the world identify as a feminist.